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Miles Grant: State of the Union & Climate Change

NWF’s Miles Grant discusses the President’s SOTU address as it relates to some of our favorite topics. Grant, also a blogger at “The Green Miles”, weighs in on what what was both encouraging, and discouraging, about the president’s comments on climate change, fracking and even a mention of extreme weather thrown into the mix. He also shares the National Wildlife Federation’s six-month progress report on the President’s climate action plan. 

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Brock Evans: Fight & Win, Strategies for the New Eco-Warrior

Longtime conservationist, Brock Evans discusses his newly released book, “Fight & WIN…Strategies For The New Eco-Warrior”. After some 50 years in the trenches Evans shares his wisdom on winning the most noble battles of all.

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Lindsay Abrams and Barry Bickmore: a vortex of denial

While much of the Northeast is once again stuck in a polar vortex, mainstream media entities are stuck in a tunnel of NOT connecting the weather dots— the Republican Party is spinning in a vortex of denial.Why? We get answers from Salon assistant editor Lindsay Abrams and Brigham Young University geochemistry professor Barry Bickmore.

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Brenda Ekwurzel and Aaron Huertas: Union of Concerned Scientists

Just how concerned are the scientists at Union of Concerned Scientists about the state of our environment? We talk to senior climate scientist at UCS, Brenda Ekwurzel, as well as UCS spokesman, Aaron Huertas about a warming planet, polar vortex' and weird weather, oh my!

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Doug O'Malley: Chris Christie vs the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Hear about the other scandal Chris Christie doesn't want to talk about--the impact of the New Jersey Governor's pulling his state out of a successful Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Doug O-Malley, Director of Environment New Jersey weighs in on the other controversial Christie move.

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Is the Polar Vortex connected to climate change? Dan Weiss of Center for American Progress says yes, kind of.

Is the cold snap, deep freeze, polar vortex or whatever you want to call it that gripped much of the nation this week connected to climate change or does it mean "global warming" is not a real threat? We'll "drill down" for the facts with Daniel Weiss, Senior Climate Fellow at The Center for American Progress. Weiss also gives us a preview of what his former boss, John Podesta, is likely to do in his new role as advisor to President Obama.

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Why the cold snap is generating hot air (from the usual suspects says USA Today's Doyle Rice)

USA Today writer Doyle Rice discusses his paper's commitment to connecting climate and weather news. 

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